Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns‐Ring 19, 4056 Basel (Switzerland), Fax: (+41)?612‐671‐105
Abstract:
Caught on the hop : In multistep electron transfer (ET) reactions through peptides, aliphatic amino acids can also act as relay stations. With cysteine, the reaction occurs as a proton‐coupled electron transfer (PCET) with water used as a mediator for the proton transfer (see picture).
